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The Sacramento Kings are looking to bring the NBA All-Star game to California's capital for the first time. Kings owner Vivek Ranadive, Mayor Darrell Steinberg and tourism officials are set to detail plans for the bid for the game in 2022 or '23 on Thursday and submit an application to the league Friday. Getting the game would cap a remarkable comeback for Sacramento, which nearly lost its franchise to Seattle in 2013 before Ranadive bought the team and put together a deal to build a state-of-the-art downtown arena. Continue to Article

February 22, 2018 11:03:am EST

Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Thursday: WINTER OLYMPICS PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - The ladies figure skating free programme is the highlight of Friday's Olympic action while elsewhere on the ice it is the men's hockey semi-finals and the men Continue to Article

February 22, 2018 9:00:am EST

The Golden State Warriors have never lost more than 15 games in a season under Steve Kerr. They could reach that total in the first night after the All-Star break. The Warriors who return Thursday night aren't the same ones who dominated the NBA for the last three seasons. The defending champions sputtered into their week off with four losses in their final eight games, falling into second place in the Western Conference behind Houston — ending a three-year run of taking the league's best record into the break. At 44-14 and loaded with four All-Stars, the Warriors are still very good, but not as good they've been. "This year we've had a pretty solid season, but feel that we can play a lot better," Continue to Article

February 22, 2018 4:03:am EST

Kevin Durant will return to Seattle for the first time since the end of the 2007-08 season when the Warriors play host to the Kings at Key Arena Oct. 6 for a preseason game, Ailene Voisin of The Sacramento Bee reports. There has not been an NBA game in Seattle since the SuperSonics' home finale for the 2007-08 season, when they defeated the Mavericks 99-95 April 13, 2008. In that game, a rookie Durant put up 19 points, five rebounds, three assists, two blocks and a steal for the home team. Continue to Article

February 21, 2018 7:07:pm EST

Steve Nash is reportedly getting a broadcast gig at Turner Sports, but it’s not doing basketball. Steve Nash has always been a man whose smarts exceeded the basketball court. Sure, he was a two-time MVP in the NBA, but Nash has proven time and time again that he’s not your ordinary basketball player. Continue to Article

February 21, 2018 11:38:am EST